The 2013 Rally Liepāja-Ventspils was the second round of the 2013 European Rally Championship. The stages were mainly gravel with snowy and icy parts. Jari Ketomaa won the event after a huge fight with runner-up Craig Breen. François Delecour rounded off the podium places. The 2WD Cup was won by Risto Immonen, while the Production Cup honors went to Švedas Vytautas.

Rally Liepāja-Ventspils 2013
Round 2 of the 2013 European Rally Championship season
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Host countryLatvia
Rally baseLiepāja/Ventspils
Dates run1 – 3 February 2013
Stages15[1] (243 km; 151 miles)
Stage surfaceSnow and Gravel
Statistics
Crews37 (ERC only) at start, 30 (ERC only)[2] at finish

Results

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Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
1   Jari Ketomaa   Kaj Lindström   Ford Fiesta RRC 2:08:15.7 25+14
2   Craig Breen   David Moynihan   Peugeot 207 S2000 2:08:46.7 +31.0 18+12
3   François Delecour   Dominique Savignoni   Peugeot 207 S2000 2:11:03.2 +2:47.5 15+8
4   Jan Černý   Pavel Kohout   Škoda Fabia S2000 2:11:19.1 +3:03.4 12+8
5   Raimonds Kisiels   Ronis Arnis   Mini John Cooper Works S2000 2:14:02.0 +5:46.3 10+2
6   Vytautas Švedas   Žilvinas Sakalauskas   Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:14:11.4 +5:55.7 8+3
7   Aivis Egle   Andis Dauga   Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:15:55.2 +7:39.5 6
8   Raul Jeets   Andrus Toom   Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:16:53.3 +8:37.6 4
9   Jaroslav Orsák   David Šmeidler   Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:17:04.6 +8:48.9 2
10   Vitaliy Pushkar   Ivan Mishyn   Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4 2:17:40.7 +9:25.0 1

Special stages

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Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(1 February)
SS1 17:10 Rallyofchampions.com (Podnieki) 6.16 km   Craig Breen 3:16.6 112.80 km/h   Craig Breen
SS2 17:45 Volkswagen 1 16.88 km   Craig Breen 9:14.2 109.65 km/h
SS3 18:45 LDz Cargo 1 18.68 km   Craig Breen 9:44.6 115.03 km/h
Leg 2
(2 February)
SS4 10:20 LDz Cargo 2 18.68 km   Craig Breen 9:17.6 120.60 km/h
SS5 10:55 Volkswagen 2 16.88 km   Craig Breen 8:56.2 113.33 km/h
SS6 11:55 Neste Oil 1 21.31 km   Jari Ketomaa 10:49.7 118.08 km/h   Jari Ketomaa
SS7 15:20 Ventbunkers 1 10.42 km   Jari Ketomaa 4:58.1 125.84 km/h
SS8 15:55 Neste Oil 2 21.31 km   Jari Ketomaa 10:29.0 121.97 km/h
SS9 17:20 Ventspils Kalns 1 3.40 km   Jari Ketomaa 2:23.2 85.47 km/h
Leg 3
(3 February)
SS10 8:30 Ventbunkers 2 7.00 km   Jari Ketomaa 4:53.7 85.80 km/h
SS11 9:00 Swecon 1 21.34 km   Jari Ketomaa 11:49.7 108.25 km/h
SS12 10:10 Kuldīga 1 26.34 km   Jari Ketomaa 14:11.4 111.37 km/h
SS13 12:05 Swecon 2 21.34 km   Craig Breen 11:36.8 110.25 km/h
SS14 13:15 Kuldīga 2 26.34 km   Jari Ketomaa 13:58.6 113.07 km/h
SS15 15:00 Ventspils Kalns 2 3.40 km   Jan Černý 2:21.6 86.44 km/h

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 27 May 2023.